Ajey Lele

Deputy Director General, MP-IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘ISRO POEM-4 shows the space agency is on song’ has been published in First Post on 01 January 2025. ISRO’s efforts in developing innovative platforms like POEM deserve appreciation. It has found a unique method towards enabling small-scale, cost-effective payloads for scientific experiments. Additionally, ISRO is making significant contributions to space debris mitigation by ensuring that the last stage of their PSLV launches does not remain in low Earth orbit. ISRO is On Song. Read Complete Article [+] Disclaimer: The views expressed by the author are personal and do not in any way reflect the views of MP-IDSA or the Government of India.

• Published: 1 January, 2025

Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt (Dr) Ajey Lele’s article ‘A Silk Road in Space: China’s Space Plan for 2050’ has been published in The Wire on 27 December 2024. The program outlines five key themes and three phases highlighting China's priorities for the space sector over the next 25 years, says Gp Capt Lele. Read Complete Article [+] Disclaimer: The views expressed by the author are personal and do not in any way reflect the views of MP-IDSA or the Government of India.

• Published: 27 December, 2024

Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt (Dr) Ajey Lele’s article ‘NASA’s Midas Touch: Parker Probe Touching The Sun’ has been published in Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict (SSPC) on 25 December 2024. Parker Solar Probe's close encounters with the Sun will continue for several years. The mission’s life will be around seven years, and it would be interesting to know how much this mission adds to our understanding of the Sun and its dynamic processes, says Gp Capt Lele. Read Complete Article [+] Disclaimer: The views expressed by the author are personal and do not in any way reflect the views of MP-IDSA or the Government of India.

• Published: 25 December, 2024

Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt (Dr) Ajey Lele’s article ‘Ingenuity on Mars: The story needs to be told’ has been published in Financial Express on 24 December 2024.

NASA's detailed accident report on Ingenuity's final flight in January 2024 reveals technical glitches that led to its crash nearly a year later, says Gp Capt Lele.

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• Published: 24 December, 2024

Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s co-authored report ‘The Focus and Function of BWC Verification’ has been published by UNIDIR. The other authors include Jez Littlewood, Matthew P. Shearer and Anastasia Malygin.

The report provides conceptual insights on verification ahead of the BWC Working Group meetings in December 2024.

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• Published: 6 December, 2024

Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘Proba-3: Why studying Sun, space weather have become imminent’ has been published in First Post on 06 December 2024. Predicting space weather has become increasingly important, as it is known to affect the health of satellites and communication networks, says Gp Cat Lele. Read Complete Article {+} Disclaimer: The views expressed by the author are personal and do not in any way reflect the views of MP-IDSA or the Government of India.

• Published: 6 December, 2024

Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘ISRO and SpaceX: India Needs to Realise There’s No Such Thing as a Free Launch’ has been published by The Wire on 22 November 2024. If ISRO aims to be a true global leader, it must move beyond this syndrome and aim for the top. This is only possible if ISRO develops the capacity to undertake heavy satellite launches, says Gp Capt Lele. Read Complete Article [+]

• Published: 22 November, 2024

Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘How DRDO’s successful hypersonic missile test will boost India’s deterrence capability’ has been published in First Post on 18 November 2024.

This test marks an important milestone in India’s strategic deterrence capabilities, and now India is among a select group of nations, which includes the United States, Russia, and China, says Gp Capt Lele.

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• Published: 18 November, 2024

• Published: 1 November, 2024

• Published: 1 October, 2024